The tennis star's car ended up in the path of the Barsons' vehicle after she was cut off by another driver.

Venus Williams has settled a wrongful death lawsuit with the family of a man who died in a car accident she was involved in.

The tennis star had previously been cleared over the death of 78-year-old Jerome Barson, who died after the car he was travelling in - driven by wife Linda - slammed into the passenger side of Williams' SUV on 9 June last year.

Police said Williams, 38, had been cut off by an unknown third driver as she tried to cross a six-lane road near her Florida home, setting off a chain of events that led to the collision.

Lead investigator David Downling said that CCTV video showed Williams had legally enter the intersection from a road leading out of her gated neighbourhood.

As she started to cross, a dark-coloured car cut her off, forcing her to stop.